I don’t know about you, but part of the enjoyment I get after Christmas Day is getting to use all of my foodie leftovers in one way or another. The savoury leftovers are easy to use up by making bubble and squeak, soup, pie or maybe a stew, but the sweet leftovers are always more of a challenge. And a fun one too because I like creating new sweet treats from desserts or leftover chocolates or sweets.
I always end up with leftover Christmas pudding and I have already posted a few recipes using it up (see bottom of this post for those), but I have not made flapjacks before. Having made mincemeat flapjacks last January to use up my leftover reduced bargain 20p jar of mincemeat, I was confident that leftover Christmas pudding would work just as well inside a flapjack. I added some extra ingredients such as grated apple, sultanas, cranberries and some roasted hazelnuts to make these flapjacks full of flavour and to ensure they were moist too. Plus everything I used were all in my kitchen cupboards and leftover from making my Christmas puddings, so this recipe is a great way of using up leftovers in more ways than one.
Once baked they smelt amazing, and they tasted deeeelicous!
So here is how you can make Christmas pudding flapjacks.
- 300g poridge oats
- 200ml golden syrup
- 100ml honey
- 225g unsalted butter
- Leftover Christmas pudding - I used approx 100g
- 25g dried cranberries
- 25g sultanas
- 1 apple, grated
- 25g roasted hazelnuts, chopped
- Pre heat the oven to 190oC / 170oC (fan)
- Grease and line a large square or rectangular brownie tin
- Place the butter, golden syrup and honey in a pan over a low heat and melt while stirring occasionally
- Place the oats in a large bowl, and add all of the other ingredients , then pour over the gloopy butter and syrup sauce and stir well
- Pour into your baking tin and cook for about 25-30 minutes minutes until golden brown
- Using a sharp knife, mark your flapjack into portions
- Leave to cool before lifting out the flapjack and then cutting into bars
Other recipe that use up Christmas Pudding leftovers are:
Christmas Pudding Tiffin
Christmas Pudding Nougat
Christmas Pudding Ice Cream
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Anca
It’s a great idea to use the leftover mincemeat like this. I’m making mince pies for Christmas and I make too much mincemeant I’m going to use it like this.
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Mummy Vs Work
These look fab! I love this time of the year as you can get creative with leftovers! 🙂
hijackedbytwins
I love using leftovers and this looks like a perfect way to use up any leftover pudding (if there is any!) Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare, wishing you a very merry Christmas and a happy, healthy new year x
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kathryn
Great,have two unwanted pud’s – my family detest Christmas pud’s but love flap-jacks – so your recipe is a godsend, & I hate wasting good food.
Helen at Casa Costello
Brilliant idea – we have a cupboard full of uneaten Christmas Puddings as they are just too rich on their own. Thanks loads for joining in with #Bakeoftheweek New roundup now open. Hope you had a fantastic Christmas Jenny – All the best for 2016 x
Julie Minchin
Brilliant recipe to use all our Christmas puddings up at our weekly meal at church drop in and foodbank. Cheers x